[neo_x]

Hi guys

i am not sure if i understand the wiki correctly, yet i am sure my scenario will exist in quite a few household already.

I currently have my XBMC Frodo installed on 3 different machines, all with matching settings, and linked to a single mysql database - which works beautifully with other applications (Sickbeard etc).

Thus i am able to watch any new movies/shows i want in the evenings, and have xbmc keep track of my watched movies/shows.

My requirement is as follows :
add a secondary profile with the following conditions
* - Can have a separate sources file ( will help if i should ever need to limit to a certain genre). for now i will keep it as an exact duplicate.
* - should keep a separate "database" - eg - if my kids for example watch a tv show during the day, and i want to watch the same show in the evening via my own profile it needs to have a separate watched counter.



question on the above setup - is how does library updates happen ( eg usually library updates happend magically due to sicbeard sending the notification) - ie will the notification now cause XBMC to update both databases? If not , what is the quickest/easiest way to keep the databases all updated.

thx guys

[Ned Scott]

Profiles with MySQL will always require a separate DB for each profile. Local DB can have other options, but not MySQL. XBMC will only update the profiles that are currently logged in.

[neo_x]

Profiles with MySQL will always require a separate DB for each profile. Local DB can have other options, but not MySQL. XBMC will only update the profiles that are currently logged in.

the problem is - i have already tested this (eg creating a new profile copying sources/settings from the default but telling it to be seperate (eg not shared with default).

upon logging in on the new profile, and watching something / marking it watched, it is indicated as watched on my other profile as well (which to me indicates the same database is being used).

I have also logged in on the mysql database - only one set database/tables is being used.

is there a way to indicate in advanced settings that a different database should be generated? ( guess there will be an advanced settings for each profile folder)

regards

[jjd-uk]

Did you choose Separate for Media Info and Media Sources when setting up the profiles, see Profiles (wiki)

[Ned Scott]

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...s#Name_tag

so you would put in <name>Something</name> along side the <user> and <pass> tags.

[neo_x]

Did you choose Separate for Media Info and Media Sources when setting up the profiles, see Profiles (wiki)

yes i did - didn't seem to help

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...s#Name_tag

so you would put in <name>Something</name> along side the <user> and <pass> tags.

will definitely try this! Thank you

have found more detailed info here as well - seems to be Frodo compatible (eg db version 75)